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Latvia: Video of opening of restored Rezekne “Green Synagogue”

  Here’s a video of the (snowy) official ceremony January 22 opening the historic wooden “Green Synagogue” in Rezekne, Latvia after a €700,000 renovation process that lasted a decade. The building — as we reported earlier — will be a wooden … continue reading →

Prayer service in long-disused Istanbul synagogue (but then a nearby wall defaced)

  A prayer service was held this month in a historic wooden synagogue in Istanbul that had been closed and out of use for more than half a century — but within days a wall outside the building had been defaced by anti-semitic … continue reading →

Czech Republic: renovated Brno synagogue reopens & gets a new Torah

  The modernist-functionalist Agudas Achim synagogue on Skořepka street in Brno, Czech Republic, has reopened after a renovation — and as part of the ceremony received a newly written Torah scroll. The renovation was in part funded with a €204,409 grant from the … continue reading →

Latvia: Restored Rezekne Green Synagogue to be rededicated

  The historic wooden Green Synagogue in Rezekne, Latvia will be reopened January 22 as a wooden architectural heritage center and cultural space with an exhibition about Jewish heritage, following a more than €700,000 renovation. It will be open to the … continue reading →